What Our Clients Say About Us
Caught In The Act writes a short report after every school performance and invites teaching staff to complete an evaluation form. Teachers give a rating for the response to the drama, the response to the workshop, how appropriate it was for their pupils and if the play is useful for future work on health education. It is our general experience that approximately 70% of forms are returned from each tour. During the last academic year, every returned form stated that the school would use Caught In The Act's work again.
As well as circling numbers to rate the quality of the drama etc, teachers are also asked for any further comments. Here is a recent selection:
"Fantastic performance by the entire company. Very relevant and
appropriate for the age group, clearly defining the issues of the types of
pressures on young people today. Excellent, many thanks."
(Barnet secondary school)
"I really liked the hot seating activities. It was a good idea to give
children a voice and be able to ask questions. I liked the mixture of
activities eg, drama, hot seating, discussion. The discussion was kept very
positive - it was informative without scaring them! Thanks so much!"I really
liked the hot seating activities. It was a good idea to give children a voice
and be able to ask questions. I liked the mixture of activities e.g. drama, hot
seating, discussion. The discussion was kept very positive - it was informative
without scaring them! Thanks so much!"
(Barnet junior school)
"I felt that this was a really useful contribution to our SRE curriculum and to the Every Child Matters agenda."
(Barnet pupil referral unit)
"The performance was utterly outstanding! The performers' emotional
literacy was infectious. We cannot stress how impressed students and staff were.
We look forward to being visited next year. We were left speechless and felt
that we had been visited by a thunderstorm of talent.Thank you."
(Barnet hospital unit for young people with mental health needs)
"Great work! Held attention of 14 year olds for 90 mins so it must have
been good. Quality of performance - excellent - well drawn roles of characters
that students could relate with. Confidence in dealing with questions from the
audience. Thank you."
"Excellent performance!! The students are still talking about it now! To
hold the attention of the students for 90 minutes you have to be good!!!"
(Bedfordshire upper school)
"Excellent way to address sexuality. Really appreciated the way you
tackled issues of homophobia/questions on gay sex and breaking news to parents.
Loved the hot-seating and the 'delay list'. Good that you addressed issue of
condoms affecting enjoyment. "
(Bedfordshire upper school)
"Thank you very much for providing us with another enjoyable and useful
show. The children really enjoyed the performance and the teachers found it a
useful icebreaker for the topic. Thanks again."
(Hillingdon primary school)
"This was our second year and it was as fantastic as the first time round!"
(Milton Keynes secondary school)
"Fantastic - superb team, superb drama and follow-up. Resources really good for follow-up work."
(Milton Keynes secondary school)
"Great interaction with pupils.
Clear messages to pupils - they understood what play was about.
The performance was brilliant and our pupils could relate to it.
Pupils found it fun and entertaining - they all enjoyed it and said they learnt a lot. Thank you. Look forward to working with you all again.
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(Milton Keynes special school)
"The children related well to the adults and activities such as role-play/hot seating were very appropriate.
The children spent time after the session working on anti-smoking posters. They
showed a good understanding of the dangers of smoking and a confidence in
saying 'no' to cigarettes in the future. Many thanks."
(Islington primary school)
"Great! Well done! Perfect for year 6 and preparing them for secondary school. Thank you very much!"
(Camden primary school)
"The performance was very good, the hot seating was also useful. There is
now scope for questioning the students about what they would do and what would
be the best choice. Also to think about focusing on alternatives to drugs/
alcohol and sex. Well done to all of you."
(Enfield secondary school)
"Excellent way of bringing across a sensitive message - a good laugh! Second time I've seen it and I really enjoyed it again"
(Redbridge primary school)
"One word - outstanding! Please return!"
(Merton secondary school)
"The whole school was involved. It made everyone think seriously about the issues behind bullying."
(Windsor & Maidenhead middle school)
"The children engaged with the actors and enjoyed the drama techniques
used. The drama was age appropriate and culturally appropriate. Thank you."
(Kensington & Chelsea primary school)
"A great way to kick start our anti-bullying week work. Gave some practical ideas for children to use and for teachers to follow up. Thank you!"
(Enfield primary school)
"Drama was extremely enjoyable for children and teachers alike. We will be able to take this forward in class, for discussions etc."
(Bedfordshire middle school)
